Principal Acquisitions 1 April 2000-31 March 2001 This List Is Not Comprehensive but Attempts to Record All Acquisitions of Most Immediate Relevance to Research
508964AR.CHI 8/23/02 12:19 PM Page 30 Principal Acquisitions 1 April 2000-31 March 2001 This list is not comprehensive but attempts to record all acquisitions of most immediate relevance to research. Some items listed here may, however, remain closed to access for some time and for a variety of reasons. Researchers should always enquire as to the availability of specific items before visiting the Archive, quoting the reference number which appears at the end of each paragraph Family papers collected by Nathaniel Mayer (Natty), 1st Lord Rothschild (1840-1915), his wife Emma Louisa and their descendants, including: sale particulars and correspondence re the purchase of the Gunnersbury estate by Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836); letters from Charlotte de Rothschild (1819-1884) to her husband Lionel (1808-1879); correspondence from Hannah Rothschild (née Cohen, 1783-1850), and her children to her husband Nathan Mayer, 1824-25; letters from Evelyn (1886- 1917) and Anthony de Rothschild (1887-1961) and other serving officers, 1915; collections of bills and returns relating to the Rothschild property at 148 Piccadilly; lists, notes and valuations of works of art at Tring Park and 148 Piccadilly; correspondence addressed to Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879) from various political figures; letters of condolence addressed to Nathaniel Mayer on the death of his father, Lionel, in 1879; letters to Nathaniel Mayer, 1st Lord Rothschild, from staff of The Times and from George V and Queen Alexandra re the paper’s Red Cross appeal, 1915; letters to
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